63: Leaving the secret realm, the sacred land assessment team

Su Yun held An Yuyao's small hand as they entered the gate. After a bout of dizziness, the two were directly teleported out of the Secret Realm.

Outside the Secret Realm, Su Yun discovered that everyone else had left, leaving only Elder He.

"Su Yun, An Yuyao, you've finally come out!"

"This old man thought something had happened to you!"

"The other Inner Sect Disciples came out long ago; only you two were left."

He Mingyuan appeared before Su Yun in a flash.

He discovered that Su Yun had already advanced to the Golden Core First Layer.

According to his observations, the intensity of the spiritual power in Su Yun's body had actually reached the Nascent Soul Realm.

"Not bad. It seems you've harvested many Opportunities in the Secret Realm."

"Elder overpraises me. I should thank the Sect for giving us the chance to enter the Secret Realm!"

"An Yuyao, you girl's harvest isn't bad either!"

He Mingyuan's gaze shifted to An Yuyao, finding that the aura on her body had become much more formidable.

Her cultivation level had also advanced to the Golden Core Fifth Layer.

"Elder, this was all thanks to Su Yun's help!"

An Yuyao looked at Su Yun with a face full of blushes, her mind recalling those three absurd days.

If she hadn't asked her mother for advice beforehand, she probably wouldn't have lasted a single day.

She hadn't expected that while Su Yun looked quite refined on the surface, his stamina would be so good.

"It seems both of your harvests were quite good."

"The Taixuan Holy Land assessment is about to begin."

"Fortunately, you came out this morning. The recommendation team selected by the Sect is set to depart at noon."

"Now only the two of you are missing. I'll take you back to the Sect immediately!"

"Alright, sorry for the trouble, Elder!"

"We'll follow the Elder's arrangements!"

After He Mingyuan finished speaking, he waved his sleeve, and a gray spiritual light carried the two of them back to the teleportation array.

After a flash of light, he brought the two back to the Sect... specifically, the Xuanji Sect's main square.

Gu Linyuan had been waiting there for a long time, with three Disciples standing behind him.

"Sect Master, I have fulfilled my mission and brought them back!"

"Good. Elder He, you may go back and rest now!"

"Yes, Sect Master!"

He Mingyuan respectfully cupped his hands and vanished from the spot.

"Su Yun, An Yuyao, come over here!"

"These three Disciples will all be participating in the Taixuan Holy Land assessment with you!"

Gu Linyuan first looked at Su Yun and An Yuyao, then shifted his gaze to the three Disciples.

"Yes!"

Su Yun and An Yuyao stood directly beside the three Disciples.

Su Yun looked at the three people standing next to him and discovered that one of them was actually Lu Siqi.

And on Lu Siqi's life script, the cultivation entry clearly stated that his cultivation had already reached the nascent soul second layer.

It seemed he had gained quite a lot in the Secret Realm.

"Su Yun, this is the reward for winning the previous Sect Arena battle."

Gu Linyuan waved his hand lightly, and an object glowing with red light flew toward Su Yun.

Su Yun instinctively caught the red light.

Looking closely, he found it was a miniature spirit robe.

Is this the supreme grade spirit tool the Sect Master commissioned someone to forge?

It looks quite impressive, but I'll study it later in private!

With a wave of his hand, Su Yun stored the spirit robe into his Storage Ring.

"Very well, now everyone is here!"

Gu Linyuan's gaze fixed on Su Yun, and then he spoke slowly:

"This time, the Xuanji Sect is recommending the five of you to participate in the Taixuan Holy Land assessment."

"You may be wondering why a recommendation is needed to participate in the assessment?"

"This is because the assessment you are being recommended for is not the ordinary Disciple assessment, but the Core Disciple assessment!"

"You will be competing against the ordinary Disciples of the Taixuan Holy Land and the recommended Disciples from dozens of other Affiliated Sects."

"Do you have the confidence to become Core Disciples, or even be favored by a Taixuan Holy Land Elder to become a Personal Disciple?"

"Yes!"

Lu Siqi, standing on the outermost edge of the team, answered loudly.

At the same time, his face turned red with excitement; he finally had the chance to enter the Taixuan Holy Land.

He had been very upset when he wasn't included in the previous recommendation team.

Because he had always called himself the number one Inner Sect Disciple.

Now that the Opportunity had come, he was determined to become a Core Disciple of the Taixuan Holy Land, and perhaps even work harder to become a Personal Disciple.

"Good, very motivated!"

Gu Linyuan looked at the five of them with a smile and continued:

"Going to the Taixuan Holy Land this time is the first part of the assessment."

"The Sect's teleportation array will transport you to the Great Profound Domain. You must rely on yourselves to report to the Taixuan Holy Land."

"Sect Master, is there no Elder leading the team?"

An Yuyao raised her small hand and asked in confusion.

"No, you must rely on yourselves. I will give each of you an assessment token."

"If you encounter difficulties you cannot solve, you can crush the token to call for help.

Once the people from the Taixuan Holy Land receive your distress signal, they will send someone to help.

However, this also means you have failed the assessment."

"You all come from the Xuanji Sect. I hope you can help each other, so that the first stage of the assessment will be easier to pass!"

Gu Linyuan nodded in satisfaction seeing that everyone had taken his words to heart.

"Of the five of you, Su Yun will lead the team!"

"Su Yun, any problems with that?"

"No problem, Sect Master!"

Just as Su Yun finished speaking, an urgent voice rang in his ear.

"Sect Master, I disagree!

Although Junior Brother Su Yun is powerful, he is only at the Golden Core First Layer.

If he leads the team, we will be mocked by other Sects!"

Su Yun turned his head and found that the person voicing the objection was Lu Siqi.

At this moment, Lu Siqi was looking at Su Yun with a face full of defiance.

"Oh?"

Gu Linyuan looked at Su Yun and then at Lu Siqi, saying in a flat tone:

"How about this: you and Su Yun have a spar. Whoever wins will lead the team."

"Su Yun, Lu Siqi, do you have any objections?"

"None!"

Su Yun said calmly. Even before breaking through to the Golden Core Realm, he already had strength surpassing Lu Siqi's.

Not to mention now, having advanced to the Golden Core First Layer and awakened a new Physique.

He didn't originally care who the leader was, but since Lu Siqi had taken the initiative to provoke him, he had no choice but to act.

"Just what I wanted!"

Lu Siqi looked excited. He had originally thought the Sect Master would be displeased with his words.

But he hadn't expected that not only was the Sect Master not angry, but he even gave him the chance to fight Su Yun.

He knew about Su Yun; he had defeated twenty Disciples of the Lingfa Sect some time ago.

At that time, he was unconscious and hadn't seen Su Yun's battle.

However, he felt that Su Yun might have some strength but not much, and that winning against twenty people was likely due to taking advantage of a loophole.

Winning only after the Lingfa Sect Disciples had exhausted their spiritual power through so many matches.

Especially Mu Wanning, who defeated him; he estimated she must have used a powerful Secret Technique to beat him then.

It was common knowledge that powerful Secret Techniques were accompanied by great side effects.

Perhaps after Mu Wanning defeated him, her combat power was nearly depleted, which was why she was defeated by Su Yun, who just picked up an easy win.

Now, according to his estimation, Su Yun's strength was roughly at the Golden Core Tenth Layer.

Having the strength of the Golden Core Tenth Layer at the Golden Core First Layer was impressive enough.

But it was impossible for someone at the Golden Core First Layer to have the strength of the Nascent Soul Realm, at least not in the Xuanji Sect.